Monday, August 02, 2004

On July 23, 2004 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ)
released a joint report examining competition in the healthcare sector and recommending ways to improve performance of the marketplace. The 361-page report, "Improving Health Care: A Dose of Competition," stems from twenty-seven days of hearings on healthcare and competition
held from February through October 2003, an FTC-sponsored workshop in September 2002, and independent research. The report focuses on a number of key areas, including the importance of reliable information on prices and quality, eliminating barriers to competition, and relying on competition when possible.

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A health care lawyer practicing at Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso PLLC and blogging from Charleston, West Virginia. Focused on helping businesses and health care providers weave through a variety of state and federal health care regulations and assisting them in business transactions. Interested in the application of technology to the practice of law and medicine, including issues involving privacy of health data, social networking and the evolution and adoption of electronic medical record systems and other uses of technology to make health care better in the future for you and me.
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